Stephen Fry
This is my new years post, dont like it to bad lol...
I just watched Stephen Fry live at the Sydney Opera house. He was candid funny and intelligent. But he was far more than that he was honest. He talked in depth about Bipolar and what it is to have it, in a candid way. It was confronting at times and deeply personal, bordering on uncomfortable for the audience.
He was able to describe in detail what it is like to be BP and how devastating it is for those who have it and for those around them. His honesty about mania, and the things that we think and do when we are unwell was refreshing. He described having BP as like the weather, you wake up and its raining. Thats what its like, you cant walk it off you cant think it away its just there.
He describes the actions of one man who was BP. He was hospitalized, and managed to get away he stepped in front of a truck, it shattered both of his legs. Steven went to see him a while later and he showed him his broken leggs that the doctors over time had made useable with multiple painful surgery. He said that the pain was nothing compared to what drove him to walk in front of the truck. And I think in a way that sums it up.
I will admit at times I was wiping tears from my eyes as I understood everything he was saying, and I also understood the gravity of his sharing all of these things.
Intelligent articulate and funny. As always it takes people to stand up and talk about these things for others to have any chance on what it feels like to live it. Thanks
I just watched Stephen Fry live at the Sydney Opera house. He was candid funny and intelligent. But he was far more than that he was honest. He talked in depth about Bipolar and what it is to have it, in a candid way. It was confronting at times and deeply personal, bordering on uncomfortable for the audience.
He was able to describe in detail what it is like to be BP and how devastating it is for those who have it and for those around them. His honesty about mania, and the things that we think and do when we are unwell was refreshing. He described having BP as like the weather, you wake up and its raining. Thats what its like, you cant walk it off you cant think it away its just there.
He describes the actions of one man who was BP. He was hospitalized, and managed to get away he stepped in front of a truck, it shattered both of his legs. Steven went to see him a while later and he showed him his broken leggs that the doctors over time had made useable with multiple painful surgery. He said that the pain was nothing compared to what drove him to walk in front of the truck. And I think in a way that sums it up.
I will admit at times I was wiping tears from my eyes as I understood everything he was saying, and I also understood the gravity of his sharing all of these things.
Intelligent articulate and funny. As always it takes people to stand up and talk about these things for others to have any chance on what it feels like to live it. Thanks
Hoping for good weather in the new year Horse.
ReplyDeleteYeah hoping so mate. Getting ready to move house at the moment which is taking lots of my time. Only moving about 9 miles away, but everything still has to be packed and moved.
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